COMPANIES

• Tata Motors LCVs for Russia
• TVS Motor: Second interim dividend of 70 per cent
• Coke commissions rainwater harvesting project
• Zee Telefilms issues FCCBs for $100 million
• Strides and Akorn form JV for operations in US
• Flextronics goes for inSilica
• PI Corp and Aditi Tech in partnership
• HCL: Third interim dividend at 60 per cent
• iGate Global opens Hyderabad centre
• Patni plans heads for Navi Mumbai
• Cisco introduces self defending network
• MTV and Nickelodeon new members for One Alliance

GENERAL

• Poll India: 2004
• IBRD clears $500 m for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
• Renovation and Modernisation task force guidelines
  to be reviewed

BANKING AND FINANCE

• Rupee down 11 paise
• IDBI Bank doubles Q4 net
• Insurance linked savings account from
  Bank of Bahrain
  

MARKETS

• CalPERS or Exit polls - Sensex up 71 points
• No trades on April 26
• SEBI circular on Securities Transfer
• NDTV IPO oversubscribed 3 times

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Global economies to perform better: IMF
• Outsourcing trends in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
• Spansion sampling second-generation MirrorBit
  technology
• IIJ Security Standard: Enhanced firewall service

PEOPLE

• Narayanasami is Andhra Bank CMD
• Stanford Business School honours Morgan
  Stanley's Robert G. Scott
• Joshi is Vice Chairman of the Asia - Pacific Forestry Commission